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Martha Muñoz Uncovers the Drivers and Dampers of Biodiversity
Martha Muñoz Uncovers the Drivers and Dampers of Biodiversity
The Yale biologist says that organisms’ behavior, physiology, and morphology engage in a constant “evolutionary dance.”
The Yale biologist says that organisms’ behavior, physiology, and morphology engage in a constant “evolutionary dance.”
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Fossilized Brains Called into Question, Might be Microbes
Abby Olena, PhD | Apr 11, 2018 | 4 min read
Authors of a new study suggest that 520-million-year-old structures, previously identified as the brains of ancient arthropods, are instead preserved microbial biofilms.
Image of the Day: Ancient Worm
The Scientist Staff | Apr 9, 2017 | 1 min read
Unlike related species, Ovatiovermis cribratus, a lobopodian from the Cambrian period, did not have a hard, protective shell.
Earliest Deuterostome Fossils Described
Kerry Grens | Jan 30, 2017 | 1 min read
These millimeter-size sea creatures lived 540 million years ago.
Marine Life Trending Larger
Bob Grant | Feb 23, 2015 | 1 min read
Ocean animals have been getting bigger over the millennia, according to an analysis of thousands of genera that have plied Earth’s seas since the Cambrian Period.